It really depends what type of tea you are drinking and the circumstances. How you want your tea on a building site in winter is not the same as the tea you have curled up in an armchair reading a book.
As an Australian, the Tea Culture is still pretty big over here, despite the influx of our World Renowned Coffee and Cafes becoming so popular.
My favourite tea (at home/visiting others) was always a “two legged Blonde”……. which is white with two sugars.
But as a Rural Farm Worker, we always stuck with the traditional hand full of Tea Leaves thrown into the boiling Billy on the fire and drank it straight black without any sugar.
Definitely refreshing even when sitting under the shade of a tree in 50°c heat out in a paddock in the middle of summer!
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There’s a good tea podcast on BBC radio right now.
Check it out.
In the old days tea was essentially a sugar delivery vehicle. People would put in 10 spoonfuls or whatever.
You can track the rise of tea closely to the rise of sugar.
I recommend a listen!
No sugar for me.
>”how can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavour of your tea by putting sugar in it?”
>”the best manner of making it is the subject of violent disputes”
– [George Orwell](https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/a-nice-cup-of-tea/)
It really depends what type of tea you are drinking and the circumstances. How you want your tea on a building site in winter is not the same as the tea you have curled up in an armchair reading a book.
As an Australian, the Tea Culture is still pretty big over here, despite the influx of our World Renowned Coffee and Cafes becoming so popular.
My favourite tea (at home/visiting others) was always a “two legged Blonde”……. which is white with two sugars.
But as a Rural Farm Worker, we always stuck with the traditional hand full of Tea Leaves thrown into the boiling Billy on the fire and drank it straight black without any sugar.
Definitely refreshing even when sitting under the shade of a tree in 50°c heat out in a paddock in the middle of summer!